RE: PestPatrol & RealVNC

2004-08-31 Thread James Weatherall
Srinivasan, Various virus-killer programs flag VNC Server as a potential threat, simply because it allows remote access to a machine. Unfortunately, virus-killers don't typically have enough intelligence to discern a "safe" VNC installation from an open one (e.g. one requiring no password), so th

RE: PestPatrol & RealVNC

2004-08-30 Thread David Balazic
> Hi > > I have been using RealVNC for quite some time now. Recently to get rid > of some adware on my system I tried PestPatrol and was surprised to find > RealVNC being flagged as a pest. > > Any thoughts on this ? Is it really a > problem ? Yes, if someone else installed it without you know